Biographies

Mr. Helmut Ullrich is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of WCM Beteiligungs- und Grundbesitz-Aktiengesellschaft since February 2018. He was Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board since November 20, 2017.

Mr. Frank D. Masuhr is Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of WCM Beteiligungs- und Grundbesitz-Aktiengesellschaft since February 28, 2018. He was Member of the Supervisory Board since February 20, 2018. He is a qualified engineer and has more than 25 years of experience in property and facility management as well as the management of group, family-run and private equity companies.

Mr. Max Bensel has been Head of Finance of WCM Beteiligungs- und Grundbesitz-Aktiengesellschaft since January 2015. He has been part of the Company's build-up from the start. In his role, Mr. Bensel oversees all tax and accounting related activities and in addition managed WCM's stock listing rise from Deutsche Boerse's General Standard to the SDAX within 12 months. Prior to this role, he led KWG's (Kommunale Wohnen AG) Finance department and was in charge of all the company's SPVs. Mr. Bensel started his career in tax advisory at BDO and has more than 20 years of experience in finance and German tax. He holds a MBA and is a certified tax advisor.

Mr. Timo Thoemmes serves as Head of Legal and Compliance at WCM Beteiligungs- und Grundbesitz-Aktiengesellschaft. He is responsible for all capital markets, compliance and operational legal topics. Previously he was the MD and General Counsel of GE’s Germany and Central European real estate division. He started his career at Corpus Sireo and worked at the private equity and regulatory group of the German law firm Poellath + Partners in Frankfurt as Senior Associate. Mr. Thoemmes has over 16 years of experience in the real estate industry. He holds a MBA from Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg and law degree from Johannes-Gutenberg-University of Mainz.

Mr. Christian Kaiser is Head of Acquisitions & Sales at WCM Beteiligungs- und Grundbesitz-Aktiengesellschaft. He has more than 9 years experience in the real estate industry and was Head of Real Estate Acquisitions at conwert Immobilien Invest SE in Germany before joining WCM. In this role, Mr. Kaiser was responsible for the acquisition processes of various closed real estate funds for Deutsche's fund manager DWS. Prior to this role, he acted as Head of Real Estate Acquisition & Financing of KWG Kommunale Wohnen AG (KWG AG) supporting the residential portfolio build-up to approximately 10,000 units. He is a graduate of engineering with a focus on construction management.

Mr. Ivo Joachim Mokross has been Head of Asset Management of WCM Beteiligungs- und Grundbesitz-Aktiengesellschaft since February, 2015. His responsibility is to actively manage WCM's portfolio by increasing profitability, reducing vacancy and overseeing structural CapEx measures in order to increase the lettable area. He has 30 years of professional experience in the real estate industry. Previously he was Head of Asset Management for 8 years at KWG Kommunale Wohnen AG (KWG AG) and Managing Director of the group's property management company.

Mr. Karl Philipp Ehlerding has been Member of the Supervisory Board of WCM Beteiligungs- und Grundbesitz-Aktiengesellschaft since 1985. He is Chairman of the Audit Committee and Member of the Presidential Committee at the Company. Mr. Ehlerding is Managing Director of Kommanditgesellschaft Erste Hohe Bruecke 1 Verwaltungs-GmbH & Co in Hamburg. Furthermore, he is Member of the Supervisory Board at Salzgitter Aktiengesellschaft, KHS GmbH (previously KHS AG) and MATERNUS - Kliniken Aktiengesellschaft, Beirat Nord, among others.

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